A night out on Great Barrier Island

“Nightlife on Barrier is consistently inconsistent. Fantastic if you’re a morepork.”

Aotea Great Barrier is an island that sits 100 kilometres off the coast of Auckland. It only has a population of about 1500 people - and we wanted to know, is there any nightlife?

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